Sunday, July 1, 2012

Stiq Figures, June 18 - 24: Crash N' Burn Edition

Eighteen years ago, Strauss Zelnick would have expected concluded with himself that rising a new IP on a new console was a great bet. At the time, Zelnick was CEO of Crystal Dynamics, a firm that placed a poignant amount of resources in Panasonic's 3DO video diversion console. In a February 1994 talk with the New York Times , Zelnick mentioned that "one of the benefits of getting in early in the 32-bit mood is you have been able to accomplish a location of marketplace dominance, that has been considerably essential for us, not a disappointment."

This was previous to Zelnick leaving Crystal Dynamics after the 3DO network launch was deemed a large failure. One of the company's games that expelled for 3DO was Crash n' Burn (seen above), a warlike racing pretension same to the Twisted Metal series. Zelnick mentioned Crash n' Burn "stops partial of striking violence," when asked about hostility in video games.

He updated that "every editor, and I ponder myself an editor, has a shortcoming to society, and I noticed that that our games are sole to kids." Years later, Zelnick would turn CEO of Take-Two, that is accountable is to Grand Theft Auto , Manhunt , and BioShock array of games.

3DS: 68,056 [UP] 6,263 (10.14%)
PS3: 15,680 [UP] 1,007 (6.86%)
Vita: 13,589 [DOWN] 20,870 (60.56%)
PSP: 8,954 [DOWN] 786 (8.07%)
Wii: 6,127 [UP] 164 (2.75%)
Xbox 360: 1,073 [DOWN] 11 (1.01%)
PS2: 1,065 [DOWN] 172 (13.90%)
Dsi: 900 [UP] 520 (136.84%)
Dsi LL: 704 [UP] 15 (2.18%)

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